MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) discussion

[Tlcooper44]

The talk about a double track link between North and South Stations keeps going on and on. Call it a highway, aka "Big Dig" and it will get done.

Ehh, there are reasonable arguments against doing the NS connect. I'm pretty tired of hearing about it at this point.

Lets get the entire network electrfied first - thats a prerequisite for any $10B train tunnel underneath the city. If we get that done, I'll start to consider the it.

 

[Fenway]

I got caught in the aftermath trying to go to the Bruins game from Union Sq

The T has improved except the flagship Red Line which only has 16 CRRC cars in revenue service.

October 1 was a bad day

 

[BlackDiamond]

I got caught in the aftermath trying to go to the Bruins game from Union Sq

The T has improved except the flagship Red Line which only has 16 CRRC cars in revenue service.

October 1 was a bad day

They would have had the cars rerailed and service back to normal, but now the Feds (NTSB) are involved so looks like another day of shuttle buses at least.

Not clear from the videos but I think the train was outbound towards Union Square? They are saying track structure OK so think it was human error.

 

[Tlcooper44]

The T has improved except the flagship Red Line which only has 16 CRRC cars in revenue service.]

As a red line rider, this isn’t true.

The red line is night and day. Slow zones have been removed, and new cars are in service. The headways are no longer averaging 18 mins.

 

[Fenway]

As a red line rider, this isn’t true.

The red line is night and day. Slow zones have been removed, and new cars are in service. The headways are no longer averaging 18 mins.

I need to take a ride to Braintree

Hard to believe but the old Blue Birds in 1963 reached 55 mph between South Station and Broadway.

They still have 60 Pullman-Standard cars ( 10 trains ) in service that are 55 years old.

 

[Fenway]

Boston media 10/2/24







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